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Note: Contents 1 Some Basic Relations 1.1 Natural Parameters and Observables 1.2 Propagation of Electromagnetic Waves 1.3 Waves at Boundaries Between Different Media 2 Spectral Lines of Atmospheric Gases 2.1 Resonant Frequencies of Molecules 2.2 Widths of Spectral Lines 2.3 Applications to the Earth's Atmosphere 3 Spectral Properties of Condensed Matter 3.1 Elementary Theory of Organic Dyes 3.2 Chlorophyll and Spectral Properties of Plants 3.3 Polarization of the Media and Dispersion of Radiation 4 Scattering of Radiation 4.1 Light Scattering by Molecules 4.2 Scattering of Radiation by Macroscopic Particles 4.3 Backscattering from Rough Surfaces 5 Transport of Radiation 5.1 The Equation of Radiative Transfer 5.2 Kirchhoff's Law and Radiometry 5.3 Radiometric Observation of Atmospheric Parameters and the Inversion of Remotely Sensed Data References Subject Index

Note: Contents Page Chapter 1 Introduction About This Book Geostatistics Measurement Systems A False Feeling of Security Selected Readings Chapter 2 Elementary Statistics Probability Statistics Joint Variation of Two Variables Induced Correlations Testing Normal Populations Central Limits Theorem Significance The f Test Degrees of Freedom Test of Correlation The F Test Analysis of Variance Two-Way Analysis of Variance The x2 Test The Lognormal Distribution and Other Transformations Other Transformations Nonparametric Methods Mann-Whitney Test Kruskal-Wallis Test Nonparametric Correlation Kolmogorov-Smirnov Tests Selected Readings Chapter 3 Matrix Algebra The Matrix Elementary Matrix Operations Matrix Multiplication Convolution Matrix Inversion and Simultaneous Equations Transposition Determinants Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors Selected Readings Chapter 4 Analysis of Sequences of Data Geologic Measurements in Sequences Interpolation Procedures Markov Chains Embedded Markov Chains Series of Events Runs Tests Least-Squares Methods and Regression Analysis Curvilinear Regression Orthogonal Polynomial Regression Reduced Major Axis Splines Segmenting Sequences Zonation Seriation Autocorrelation Cross-Correlation Cross-Correlation and Geologic Correlation Cross-Association Semivariograms Modelling the Semivariogram Spectral Analysis Harmonic Analysis The Continuous Spectrum Filters Smoothing and Time-Trend Analysis Derivatives Substitutability Analysis Selected Readings Chapter 5 Map Analysis Geologic Maps - Conventional and Otherwise Systematic Patterns of Search Distribution of Points Uniform Patterns Random Patterns Clustered Patterns Nearest-Neighbor Analysis Distribution of Lines Analysis of Directional Data Testing Hypotheses about Circular Directional Data Test for Randomness Testing for a Specified Trend Test of Goodness-of-Fit 326 Testing the Equality of Two Sets of Directional Vectors Spherical Distributions Matrix Representation of Vectors Displaying Spherical Data Testing Hypotheses about Spherical Directional Data A Test of Randomness Shape Fourier Measurements of Shape Computer Contouring Contouring by Triangulation Contouring by Gridding Moving Averages Moving Weighted Averages of Block Means Kriging Punctual Kriging Universal Kriging Calculating the Drift An Example Trend Surfaces Statistical Tests of Trends Two Trend-Surface Models Pitfalls Four-Dimensional Trend Surfaces Double Fourier Series Comparing Maps Overall Similarity Similarity Maps Comparing Map Coefficients Selected Readings Contents Chapter 6 Analysis of Multivariate Data Multiple Regression Discriminant Functions Tests of Significance Multivariate Extensions of Elementary Statistics Equality of Two Vector Means Equality of Variance-Covariance Matrices Cluster Analysis Introduction to Eigenvector Methods, Including Factor Analysis Eckart-Young Theorem Principal Components Analysis R-Mode Factor Analysis Factor Rotation Maximum Likelihood Factors O-Mode Factor Analysis Principal Coordinates Analysis Correspondence Analysis Application to Continuous Variables Simultaneous R- and O-Mode Factor Analysis Multigroup Discriminant Functions Canonical Correlation Selected Readings Appendix: How to Run the STAT Program Index

Note: Contents: List of contributors. - Preface. - 1 An Overview of Rates of Chemical Weathering / S. M. Colman and D. P. Dethier. - PART I KINETICS AND MECHANISMS OF WEATHERING REACTIONS. - 2 The Relations between Crystal Structure and Silicate Weathering Rates / R. A. Eggleton. - 3 The Dissolution Rate of Forsteritic Olivine from Hawaiian Beach Sand / D. E. Grandstaff. - 4 Stoichiometry of Alkali Feldspar Dissolution at Room Temperature and Various pH Values / G. R. Holdren, Jr. and P. M. Speyer. - 5 Rate Limitation and Dissolution of Highly Soluble Minerals / J. B. Laronne. - PART II RATES OF MINERAL ALTERATION IN SOIL ENVIRONMENTS. - 6 The Etching of Hornblende Grains in the Matrix of Alpine Tills and Periglacial Deposits / R .D. Hall and R. E. Martin. - 7 Rates of Hornblende Etching in Soils on Glacial Deposits, Baffin Island, Canada / W. W. Locke. - 8 Rates of Mineral Weathering in the Wind River Mountains, Western Wyoming / W. C. Mahaney and D. L. Halvorson. - 9 Evolution of Iron Crusts in Tropical Landscapes / D.B. Nahon. - 10 Processes and Rates of Weathering in Cold and Polar Desert Environments / F. C. Ugolini. - PART III WEATHERING OF VOLCANIC ASHES AND DEPOSITS. - 11 Weathering of Holocene Airfall Tephras in the Southern Canadian Rockies / R. H. King. - 12 Controls on the Rates of Weathering and Clay Mineral Genesis in Airfall Tephras: A Review and New Zealand Case Study / D. J. Lowe. - 13 Rates of Weathering of 14C-Dated Late Quaternary Volcaniclastic Deposits in the Western United States / V. E. Neall and I. K. Paintin. - 14 Chemical Weathering of the May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens Ash Fall and the Effect on the Iron Creek Watershed, Washington / A. F. White and L. V. Benson and A. Yee. - PART IV RATES OF FORMATION OF ROCK-WEATHERING FEATURES. - 15 Levels of Time Information in Weathering Measurements, with Examples from Weathering Rinds on Volcanic Clasts in the Western United States / S. M. Colman. - 16 Weathering Rates in Granitic Boulders Measured by P-Wave Speeds / R. Crook, Jr. and A. R. Gillespie. - 17 Growth of Weathering Rinds on Torlesse Sandstone, Southern Alps, New Zealand / I. E. Whitehouse and M. J. McSaveney and P. L. K. Knuepfer and T. J. H. Chinn. - PART V HYDROCHEMICAL STUDIES OF RATES OF WEATHERING. - 18 The Mathematical Basis for Determining Rates of Geochemical and Geomorphic Processes in Small Forested Watersheds by Mass Balance: Examples and Implications / M. A. Velbel. - 19 An Estimate of Plagioclase Weathering Rate in the Idaho Batholith Based upon Geochemical Transport Rates / J. L. Clayton. - 20 The Use of Catchment Studies for Assessing Chemical Weathering Rates in Two Contrasting Upland Areas in Northeast Scotland / J. Creasey and A. C. Edwards and J. M. Reid and D. A. MacLeod and M. S. Cresser. - 21 Weathering Rates and the Chemical Flux from Catchments in the Pacific Northwest, U.S.A. / D. P. Dethier. - 22 Rates of Weathering and Erosion Derived from Mass Balance in Small Drainage Basins / T. Paces. - 23 Processes and Rates of Saprolite Production and Erosion on a Foliated Granitic Rock of the Virginia Piedmont / M. J. Pavich. - Index.

Note: J. B. Dawson, D. A. Carswell, J. Hall, and K.H. Wedepohl: Introduction / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24:vii-viii, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.01 --- R. Meissner: Twenty years of deep seismic reflection profiling in Germany—a contribution to our knowledge of the nature of the lower Variscan crust / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24:1-10, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.02 --- D. H. Matthews: Seismic reflections from the lower crust around Britain / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24:11-21, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.03 --- S. B. Smithson: A physical model of the lower crust from North America based on seismic reflection data / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24:23-34, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.04 --- V. Haak and R. Hutton: Electrical resistivity in continental lower crust / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24:35-49, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.05 --- J. Hall: The physical properties of layered rocks in deep continental crust / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24:51-62, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.06 --- D. S. Chapman: Thermal gradients in the continental crust / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24:63-70, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.07 --- J. F. Dewey: Diversity in the lower continental crust / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24:71-78, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.08 --- N. J. Kusznir and R. G. Park: Continental lithosphere strength: the critical role of lower crustal deformation / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24:79-93, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.09 --- K. Weber: Metamorphism and crustal rheology—implications for the structural development of the continental crust during prograde metamorphism / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24:95-106, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.10 --- S. A. F. Murrell: The role of deformation, heat, and thermal processes in the formation of the lower continental crust / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24:107-117, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.11 --- K. Fuchs: Intraplate seismicity induced by stress concentration at crustal heterogeneities—the Hohenzollern Graben, a case history / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24:119-132, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.12 --- K. Lambeck: Crustal structure and evolution of the central Australian basins / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24:133-145, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.13 --- R. W. Kay and S. M. Kay: Petrology and geochemistry of the lower continental crust: an overview / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24:147-159, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.14 --- J. Touret: Fluid inclusions in rocks from the lower continental crust / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24:161-172, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.15 --- S. R. Taylor and S.M. McLennan: The chemical composition of the Archaean crust / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24:173-178, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.16 --- R. L. Rudnick and S. R. Taylor: Geochemical constraints on the origin of Archaean tonalitic-trondhjemitic rocks and implications for lower crustal composition / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24:179-191, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.17 --- D. A. Carswell and S.J. Cuthbert: Eclogite facies metamorphism in the lower continental crust / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24:193-209, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.18 --- S. Moorbath and P.N. Taylor: Geochronology and related isotope geochemistry of high-grade metamorphic rocks from the lower continental crust / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24:211-220, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.19 --- B. F. Windley and J. Tarney: The structural evolution of the lower crust of orogenic belts, present and past / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24:221-230, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.20 --- C. Pin and J. D. Sills: Petrogenesis of layered gabbros and ultramafic rocks from Val Sesia, the Ivrea Zone, NW Italy: trace element and isotope geochemistry / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24:231-249, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.21 --- S. Robertson: Evolution of the late Archaean lower continental crust in southern West Greenland / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24:251-260, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.22 --- L. Schiøtte, D. Bridgwater, K.D. Collerson, A.P. Nutman, and A.B. Ryan: Chemical and isotopic effects of late Archaean high-grade metamorphism and granite injection on early Archaean gneisses, Saglek-Hebron, northern Labrador / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24:261-273, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.23 --- D. M. Shaw, J. J. Cramer, M. D. Higgins, and M. G. Truscott: Composition of the Canadian Precambrian shield and the continental crust of the earth / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24:275-282, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.24 --- M. Raith and P. Raase: High grade metamorphism in the granulite belt of Finnish Lapland / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24:283-295, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.25 --- R. C. Newton and E.C. Hansen: The South India-Sri Lanka high-grade terrain as a possible deep-crust section / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24:297-307, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.26 --- H.-G. Stosch, G. W. Lugmair, and H.A. Seck: Geochemistry of granulite-facies lower crustal xenoliths: implications for the geological history of the lower continental crust below the Eifel, West Germany / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24:309-317, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.27 --- H. Downes and A. Leyreloup: Granulitic xenoliths from the French Massif Central—petrology, Sr and Nd isotope systematics and model age estimates / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24:319-330, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.28 --- J. R. Broadhurst: Mineral reactions in xenoliths from the Colorado Plateau; implications for lower crustal conditions and fluid composition / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24:331-349, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.29 --- P. W. C. van Calsteren, N. B. W. Harris, C. J. Hawkesworth, M. A. Menzies, and N. W. Rogers: Xenoliths from southern Africa: a perspective on the lower crust / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24:351-362, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.30 --- W. L. Griffin and S. Y. O’Reilly: The lower crust in eastern Australia: xenolith evidence / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 24:363-374, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.024.01.31

Note: Continental Rift Basins --- H. G. Reading: African Rift tectonics and sedimentation, an introduction / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 25:3-7, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.025.01.01 --- A. T. Grove: Geomorphology of the African Rift System / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 25:9-16, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.025.01.02 --- African Rift Basin Development --- J. D. Fairhead: Geophysical controls on sedimentation within the African Rift Systems / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 25:19-27, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.025.01.03 --- B. R. Rosendahl, D. J. Reynolds, P. M. Lorber, C. F. Burgess, J. McGill, D. Scott, J. J. Lambiase, and S. J. Derksen: Structural expressions of rifting: lessons from Lake Tanganyika, Africa / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 25:29-43, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.025.01.04 --- B. H. Baker: Tectonics and volcanism of the southern Kenya Rift Valley and its influence on rift sedimentation / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 25:45-57, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.025.01.05 --- L. A. J. Williams and G. R. Chapman: Relationships between major structures, salic volcanism and sedimentation in the Kenya Rift from the equator northwards to Lake Turkana / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 25:59-74, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.025.01.06 --- C. J. Swain, N. J. Skinner, and M. A. Khan: Depth to metamorphic basement in the Koobi Fora region from seismic and gravity data / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 25:75-84, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.025.01.07 --- R. T. Watkins: Volcano-tectonic control on sedimentation in the Koobi Fora sedimentary basin, Lake Turkana / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 25:85-95, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.025.01.08 --- Siliciclastic, Chemical, Pedogenic and Organic Sediments in Contemporary Rift Environments --- I. Reid and L. E. Frostick: Slope processes, sediment derivation and landform evolution in a rift valley basin, northern Kenya / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 25:99-111, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.025.01.09 --- L. E. Frostick and I. Reid: Evolution and sedimentary character of lake deltas fed by ephemeral rivers in the Turkana basin, northern Kenya / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 25:113-125, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.025.01.10 --- A. S. Cohen, D. S. Ferguson, P. M. Gram, S. L. Hubler, and K. W. Sims: The distribution of coarse-grained sediments in modern Lake Turkana, Kenya: implications for clastic sedimentation models of rift lakes / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 25:127-139, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.025.01.11 --- R. F. Yuretich: Controls on the composition of modern sediments, Lake Turkana, Kenya / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 25:141-152, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.025.01.12 --- P. I. Abell and J. P. McClory: Sedimentary carbonates as isotopic marker horizons at Lake Turkana, Kenya / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 25:153-158, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.025.01.13 --- R. W. Renaut, J. J. Tiercelin, and R. B. Owen: Mineral precipitation and diagenesis in the sediments of the Lake Bogoria basin, Kenya Rift Valley / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 25:159-175, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.025.01.14 --- H. P. Eugster: Lake Magadi, Kenya: a model for rift valley hydrochemistry and sedimentation? / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 25:177-189, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.025.01.15 --- R. Crossley: Sedimentation by termites in the Malawi Rift Valley / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 25:191-199, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.025.01.16 --- J. Casanova: East African Rift stromatolites / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 25:201-210, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.025.01.17 --- A. Hamilton and D. Taylor: Mire sediments in East Africa / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 25:211-217, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.025.01.18 --- Sedimentary History of African Rift Basins --- J. J. Tiercelin: The Pliocene Hadar Formation, Afar depression of Ethiopia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 25:221-240, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.025.01.19 --- M. A. J. Williams, Getaneh Assefa, and D. A. Adamson: Depositional context of Plio-Pleistocene hominid-bearing formations in the Middle Awash valley, southern Afar Rift, Ethiopia / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 25:241-251, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.025.01.20 --- R. Bonnefille, C. Robert, A. M. Lezine, G. Perinet, G. Delibrias, C. Elenga, J. P. Herbin, and J. J. Tiercelin: Palaeoenvironment of Lake Abijata, Ethiopia, during the past 2000 years / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 25:253-265, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.025.01.21 --- P. G. Williamson and R. J. G. Savage: Early rift sedimentation in the Turkana basin, northern Kenya / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 25:267-283, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.025.01.22 --- A. Hill, G. Curtis, and R. Drake: Sedimentary stratigraphy of the Tugen Hills, Baringo, Kenya / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 25:285-295, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.025.01.23 --- C. K. Nyamweru: Quaternary environments of the Chalbi basin, Kenya: sedimentary and geomorphological evidence / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 25:297-310, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.025.01.24 --- R. B. Owen and R. W. Renaut: Sedimentology, stratigraphy and palaeoenvironments of the Holocene Galana Boi Formation, NE Lake Turkana, Kenya / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 25:311-322, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.025.01.25 --- A. Vincens, J. Casanova, and J. J. Tiercelin: Palaeolimnology of Lake Bogoria (Kenya) during the 4500 BP high lacustrine phase / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 25:323-330, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.025.01.26 --- N. Thouveny and M. Taieb: Preliminary magnetostratigraphic record of Pleistocene deposits, Lake Natron Basin, Tanzania / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 25:331-336, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.025.01.27 --- Sedimentation and the Preservation of Fossil Faunas --- R. L. Hay: Role of tephra in the preservation of fossils in Cenozoic deposits of East Africa / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 25:339-344, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.025.01.28 --- M. Pickford: Sedimentation and fossil preservation in the Nyanza Rift System, Kenya / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 25:345-362, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.025.01.29 --- C. Denys, J. Chorowicz, and J. J. Tiercelin: Tectonic and environmental control on rodent diversity in the Plio-Pleistocene sediments of the African Rift System / Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 25:363-372, doi:10.1144/GSL.SP.1986.025.01.30